Holland Lake Montana USA-1972: First Day Of Spring

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Year1972
Decade1970s
LocationHolland Lake, Montana, United States
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1972 Holland Lake Montana

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First Day Of Spring — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1972, this vintage home movie captures the first day of spring at Holland Lake, Montana. The footage shows a lush forest floor covered in vibrant green foliage and scattered yellow wildflowers, with a fallen log visible in the background. The natural light filters through the trees, creating a soft, nostalgic atmosphere. The grainy texture and slight camera shake are characteristic of Super 8 home movies from the era. This archival clip evokes a sense of peaceful Americana and is ideal for documentaries, editorial content, or nostalgic projects.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Shot details: Exterior
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123069997

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

No recognizable people, logos, or music are flagged. Lower-risk for commercial use, subject to your own review.

People visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel record not linked for this clip
Date: 1972 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual or technical evidence; no reel-level note is linked.
Location: Holland Lake, Montana, United States Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate based on source metadata and visual evidence such as signage, landmarks, or terrain; no reel-level note is linked.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: 1970s 8mm nature footage suited to documentary cutaways, seasonal transitions, or quiet archival inserts of spring foliage in western Montana.
Period detail: The frames may show early 1970s home-movie color stock, with no visible clothing, vehicles, signs, or built features to date the scene beyond the supplied 1972 metadata.
Home-movie behavior: The clip carries an unstaged home-movie gaze, pausing on water sparkle and low forest plants rather than arranged action or scenic spectacle.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include rippling water, dense green understory, yellow wildflowers, white flower heads, a fallen log, soft woodland light, and handheld framing.
Film character: The 8mm image has visible grain, soft focus shifts, uneven exposure, and slight handheld movement that read as physical-film archival texture.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief nature cutaway, seasonal insert, memory beat, or transition between broader Montana outdoor scenes.
Historical context: The footage documents a personal encounter with spring vegetation and water at Holland Lake without visible people, structures, or public events.
Research note: No people, logos, or obvious private property are visible, but copyright and location-use questions should still be reviewed separately from likeness or property concerns.
Research search match: Useful search phrasing includes 1972 8mm Montana spring foliage, Holland Lake wildflowers, vintage home movie water, and 1970s forest floor cutaway.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent shots from the same reel, then other 1972 Holland Lake material, then broader 1970s nature, spring, water, and wildflower footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

Rippling water catches bright reflections in 1972 Holland Lake home-movie footage, framed tightly with a dark film edge. — Bright reflections move across rippling water at the start of the clip.

Low green foliage and scattered yellow wildflowers appear beneath a fallen log in the Holland Lake woodland setting. — Forest-floor plants and yellow wildflowers sit below a fallen log.

Dense spring understory fills the 8mm frame, with yellow wildflowers and soft motion blur from handheld filming. — A handheld view lingers on dense green growth and yellow flowers.

Yellow wildflowers and leafy green plants cover the forest floor in a soft, grainy 1972 Holland Lake nature shot. — Yellow wildflowers spread through the green forest floor near the end of the clip.

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